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Chaucer Syndicates Limited

Non-life insurance

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 66

  1. Zhongyao Wang 2022-2024 Director View profile
  2. Dr Huiqiang Zuo 2019-2025 Director View profile
  3. Jeffrey Mark Farber 2016-2018 Director View profile
  4. David Clifford Bendle 2016-2024 Director View profile
  5. Robert John Callan 2015-2024 Director View profile
  6. John Fowle 2015-2023 Director View profile
  7. Penelope Margaret Shaw 2015-2020 Director View profile
  8. Johan Garth Slabbert 2013-2017 Director View profile
  9. David Bruce Greenfield 2011-2015 Director View profile
  10. Andrew Scott Robinson 2011-2016 Director View profile
  11. David Stanley Mead 2010-2016 Director View profile
  12. Christopher Macdonald Stooke 2010-2020 Director View profile
  13. Gregory Mark Wood CBE 2010-2012 Director View profile
  14. Timothy Joseph Carroll 2010-2019 Director View profile
  15. Mauricio Clemente Carrillo-Morales 2010-2012 Director View profile
  16. Robert Victor Deutsch 2009-2011 Director View profile
  17. Richard Thomas Scholes 2009-2011 Director View profile
  18. Kim Barber 2006-2011 Director View profile
  19. Jonathon Perkins 2006-2012 Director View profile
  20. Susan Janet Helson 2005-2012 Director View profile
  21. Gina Claire Butterworth 2005-2012 Director View profile
  22. Michael William Barker 2004-2006 Director View profile
  23. Kenneth Douglas Curtis 2003-2013 Director View profile
  24. Roy Anthony Alexander 2002-2006 Director View profile
  25. Malcolm John Cox 2001-2010 Director View profile
  26. Christopher David Forbes 2001-2009 Director View profile
  27. Nicholas John Adams 2000-2007 Director View profile
  28. Mark Carmichael Graham 1999-2009 Director View profile
  29. John Alexandre Parton 1998-2001 Director View profile
  30. Ewen Hamilton Gilmour 1998-2009 Director View profile
  31. Malcolm Seaforth Mackenzie 1997-2000 Director View profile
  32. Mary Alice Towndrow 1997-2005 Director View profile
  33. Timothy David Howard-Smith 1997-2005 Director View profile
  34. Simon Adrian Kenneth Boome 1997-2003 Director View profile
  35. James Robert Simpson 1996-1997 Director View profile
  36. Owen Anthony Warren Biggs 1993-1996 Director View profile
  37. Hugh Hudson Hayward 1993-2006 Director View profile
  38. Robert Arthur Stuchbery 1993-2016 Director View profile
  39. Christopher Vincent John Fawell 1993-1995 Director View profile
  40. John Howard Rochman 1993-1996 Director View profile
  41. David John Newman 1993-1996 Director View profile
  42. Michael Patrick Phillips Mccord 1993-1996 Director View profile
  43. Mark Christopher Watkins 1993-1996 Director View profile
  44. Edward Nelson Noble 1993-2007 Director View profile
  45. Terence John Newson 1993-1995 Director View profile
  46. Martin Bevis Gray 1992-1995 Director View profile
  47. Thomas William Brien 1993 Director View profile
  48. Martin Ronald Chapman 1993 Director View profile
  49. Raymond Michael Brick 2000 Director View profile
  50. Roderic William Ricardo Grande 1996 Director View profile
  51. David Curtis Craig 1993 Director View profile
  52. Anthony John Medniuk 1996 Director View profile
  53. Roger Louis Payton 1993 Director View profile
  54. Peter Nathan Chrismas 1993 Director View profile
  55. Bruce Philip Bartell 2016 Director View profile
  56. Stephen Roger Fletcher 1993 Director View profile
  57. Richard Nicholas Barnett 2015-2025 Secretary View profile
  58. Katherine Shallcross 2014-2015 Secretary View profile
  59. Adrian Goodenough 2011-2014 Secretary View profile
  60. David Charles Turner 2006-2011 Secretary View profile
  61. Philip Arthur Victor Selim Osman 2000-2006 Secretary View profile
  62. David John Arthur Trace 2000-2000 Secretary View profile
  63. Iain Fraser Campbell 1998-2000 Secretary View profile
  64. Manda Elizabeth Howard 1996-1998 Secretary View profile
  65. Mark Jephcott 1992-1996 Secretary View profile
  66. Brian John Ollett 1992 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

1 contract · £1,624,755 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

About

What it does
Non-life insurance; Non-life reinsurance
Incorporated
10/10/1922
Registered office
London

Ownership

Owned by (2) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. Chaucer Syndicates Limited is controlled by Chaucer Capital Investments Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2018-12-11 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Chaucer Capital Investments Limited is controlled by Chaucer Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Chaucer Holdings Limited is controlled by China RE International Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. China RE International Holdings Limited is controlled by China RE International Company Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-12-28 · source: Companies House PSC register
  5. China RE International Company Limited is controlled by China RE Underwriting Agency Limited
    Evidence
    ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-09-12, ceased 2018-09-12 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by China RE Underwriting Agency Limited.

18 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

10 directors on the board

3.8y median 2.8y
average tenure
8.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (6)

0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Finance 22Construction 1Other services 1Professional services 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00184915
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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